English Explanatory Dictionary

aspiny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking spines (“sharp protrusions”)

Word forms

aspiny more aspiny most aspiny

Etymology

From a- + spiny; an unusual use of a-, perhaps to avoid confusion with the metaphorical senses of spineless and the polysemy of spine itself.

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